NWA World Tag Team Championship (Florida version) | |||||||||||
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Promotion | Championship Wrestling from Florida [1] [2] | ||||||||||
Date established | January 1961 [1] [2] | ||||||||||
Date retired | 1969 [1] [2] | ||||||||||
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The Florida version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary professional wrestling championship for tag teams in Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) that was used between 1961 and 1969. When the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was created in 1948, the board of directors decided to allow each NWA member to create its own local version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. [3] As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively, but instead determined by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. [4]
CWF, the NWA's Florida territory, introduced their version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship in January 1961 when they introduced the Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) as the NWA World Tag Team Champions. Records are unclear on how the Von Brauners became champions; it is possible that they were simply billed as champions upon arrival. [1] [2] In 1969 CWF abandoned the NWA World Tag Team Championship, with the Masked Infernos as the last champions. [1] [2] CWF later used the NWA North American Tag Team Championship, NWA Southern Tag Team Championship, NWA United States Tag Team Championship, and NWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship. [5] [6] [7] [8]
The Von Brauners hold the record for most championship reigns, six in total, as well as the longest combined reigns, with at least 540 days. The Von Brauners' first reign, and the first reign of the championship, lasted at least 196 days, the longest individual reign. Eddie Graham held the championship on seven occasions with various partners. The shortest individual reign lasted nine days as Eddie Graham and Jose Lothario held it from October 25 to November 3, 1966. [1] [2]
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parenthesis, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) | January 1961 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [Note 1] | [1] [2] | |
2 | Eddie Graham and Ike Eakins | August 15, 1961 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 7 | [1] [2] | |
3 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) | August 22, 1961 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 9 | [1] [2] | |
4 | Eddie Graham and Ike Eakins | August 31, 1961 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 2 | [Note 2] | ||
— | Vacated | September 1961 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] |
5 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) | September 7, 1961 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 3 | 203 | Defeated Ike Eakins and Eddie Graham in a Three team tournament final | [1] [2] |
5 | Don Curtis and Joe Scarpa | March 29, 1962 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 72 | [1] [2] | |
— | Vacated | June 9, 1962 | — | — | — | — | Title was held up after the match between Don Curtis and Joe Scarpa and The Von Brauners. | [1] [2] |
6 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) | June 14, 1962 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 4 | 5 | Defeated Don Curtis and Georgia Boy Smith in a three-team tournament final to win the championship. | [1] [2] |
7 | Don Curtis and Joe Scarpa | June 19, 1962 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 2 | 16 | ||
8 | The Assassins (Assassin #1 and Assassin #2) | July 5, 1962 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | [Note 3] | [1] [2] | |
— | Vacated | August 1962 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] |
9 | Boris Malenko and Russian Crusher | August 30, 1962 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 44 | Defeated The Kentuckians in a four-team tournament final | [1] [2] |
10 | Flying Frenchmen ( Tony Baillargeon and Maurice Lapoine) | October 13, 1962 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 40 | [1] [2] | |
11 | The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) | November 22, 1962 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 63 | [1] [2] | |
12 | Don Curtis (2) and Mark Lewin | January 24, 1963 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [Note 4] | [1] [2] [9] | |
— | Vacated | January 1963 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] |
13 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) | January 29, 1963 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 5 | [Note 5] | Defeated Yukon Eric and Don Curtis in a three-team tournament final. | [1] [2] |
14 | Torres (Alberto Torres and Ramón Torres) | April 1963 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [Note 6] | [1] [2] | |
15 | Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka | June 6, 1963 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | [Note 7] | [1] [2] | |
— | Vacated | August 1963 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] |
16 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) | September 5, 1963 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 6 | [Note 8] | Defeated The Assassins in a five-team tournament final. | [1] [2] |
17 | The Assassins (Assassin #1 and Assassin #2) | November 1963 | CWF show | Florida | 2 | [Note 9] | [1] [2] | |
18 | Don Curtis (3) and Mark Lewin | November 21, 1963 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 2 | [Note 10] | [1] [2] | |
— | Vacated | January 1964 | — | — | — | — | Lewin left the Florida territory | [1] [2] |
19 | Skull Murphy and Brute Bernard | January 28, 1964 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | [Note 11] | Defeated Don Curtis and Haystacks Calhoun to win the vacant championship | [1] [2] |
20 | Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka | February 1964 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | [Note 12] | [1] [2] | |
21 | Skull Murphy and Brute Bernard | February 18, 1964 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 21 | [1] [2] | |
22 | Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka | March 10, 1964 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 3 | 56 | [1] [2] | |
23 | Don Curtis (4) and Abe Jacobs | May 5, 1964 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 37 | [1] [2] [10] | |
24 | Chris and John Tolos | June 11, 1964 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 12 | [1] [2] | |
25 | Eddie Graham (2) and Sam Steamboat | June 23, 1964 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 133 | [1] [2] | |
26 | Tarzan and Tim Tyler | November 3, 1964 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 37 | [1] [2] | |
27 | Eddie Graham (3) and Sam Steamboat | December 10, 1964 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 2 | 48 | [1] [2] | |
28 | Fred Blassie and Tarzan Tyler | January 27, 1965 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 54 | [1] [2] | |
29 | Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka | March 22, 1965 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 4 | 134 | [1] [2] | |
30 | Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson | August 3, 1965 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 60 | [1] [2] | |
31 | Sam Steamboat (3) and Ron Etchison | October 2, 1965 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 21 | [1] [2] | |
32 | Kurt and Skull Von Stroheim | October 23, 1965 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 32 | [1] [2] | |
33 | Hiro Matsuda (5) and Dick Steinborn (2) | November 24, 1965 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 15 | [1] [2] [11] | |
34 | Dick Steinborn (3) | December 9, 1965 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | [Note 13] | Defeated Matsuda to win both championship belts | [1] [2] |
— | Vacated | January 1966 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated after Steinborn left the Florida territory | [1] [2] |
35 | The Medics (Medic #1 and Medic #2) | February 22, 1966 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 56 | Defeated Jose Lothario and Tito Carrión in a tournament final | [1] [2] |
36 | Eddie Graham (4) and Bob Orton | April 19, 1966 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | [Note 14] | [1] [2] | |
— | Vacated | May 1966 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | [1] [2] |
37 | Eddie Graham (5) and Bob Orton | May 17, 1966 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | [Note 15] | Won a three-team tournament. | [1] [2] |
— | Vacated | May 1966 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Orton left the Florida territory | [1] [2] |
38 | Jose Lothario and Wahoo McDaniel | June 28, 1966 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | [Note 16] | [1] [2] | |
— | Vacated | July 1966 | — | — | — | — | McDaniel was told by the Miami Dolphins to stop wrestling while he played for them | [1] [2] |
39 | The Infernos (Frankie Cain and Rocky Smith) | October 6, 1966 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 19 | [1] [2] | |
40 | Eddie Graham (6) and Jose Lothario (2) | October 25, 1966 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 9 | [1] [2] | |
41 | The Infernos (Frankie Cain and Rocky Smith) | November 3, 1966 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | [Note 17] | [1] [2] | |
— | Vacated | November 1966 | — | — | — | — | Title was held up after the match between The Infernos and José Lothario and Sam Steamboat. | |
42 | Jose Lothario (3) and Sam Steamboat (4) | November 29, 1966 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 14 | [1] [2] | |
43 | The Infernos (Frankie Cain and Rocky Smith) | December 13, 1966 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 3 | 112 | [1] [2] | |
44 | Sputnik and Rocket Monroe | April 4, 1967 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 35 | [1] [2] | |
45 | Jose Lothario (4) and Wahoo McDaniel (2) | May 9, 1967 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 16 | [1] [2] | |
46 | Sputnik and Rocket Monroe | May 25, 1967 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 2 | 49 | [1] [2] | |
47 | Eddie Graham (7) and Sam Steamboat (5) | July 13, 1967 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 3 | 54 | [1] [2] | |
48 | Kurt and Skull Von Stroheim | September 5, 1967 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 49 | [1] [2] | |
49 | Paul DeMarco and Lorenzo Parente | October 24, 1967 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 28 | [1] [2] | |
50 | Terry and Ron Garvin | November 21, 1967 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 56 | [1] [2] | |
51 | Paul DeMarco and Lorenzo Parente | January 16, 1968 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 28 | [1] [2] [12] | |
52 | The Infernos (Frankie Cain and Rocky Smith) | February 13, 1968 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 4 | 364 | [1] [2] | |
53 | The Masked Infernos (Masked Inferno #1 and Masked Inferno #2) | February 11, 1969 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 1 | [1] [2] | |
— | Deactivated | 1969 | — | — | — | — | The championship was abandoned by the promotion | [1] [2] |
Symbol | Meaning |
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¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
Rank | Team | # of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner) | 6 | 540¤ |
2 | Eddie Graham and Sam Steamboat | 3 | 235 |
3 | The Infernos (Frankie Cain and Rocky Smith) | 4 | 159 |
4 | Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka | 4 | 137¤ |
5 | Sputnik and Rocket Monroe | 2 | 84 |
6 | Kurt and Skull Von Stroheim | 2 | 81 |
7 | The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) | 1 | 63 |
8 | Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson | 1 | 60 |
9 | Terry and Ron Garvin | 1 | 56 |
The Medics (Medic #1 and Medic #2) | 1 | 56 | |
11 | Eddie Graham and Ike Eakins | 1 | 54 |
12 | Boris Malenko and Russian Crusher | 1 | 44 |
13 | Skull Murphy and Brute Bernard | 2 | 43¤ |
14 | Don Curtis and Mark Lewin | 2 | 42¤ |
15 | Tony Baillargeon and Maurice Lapoine | 1 | 40 |
16 | Don Curtis and Abe Jacobs | 1 | 37 |
Torres Brothers (Alberto Torres and Ramón Torres) | 1 | 37¤ | |
Tarzan and Tim Tyler | 1 | 37 | |
17 | Paul DeMarco and Lorenzo Parente | 1 | 28 |
Paul DeMarco Paul DeMarco and Lorenzo Parente | 1 | 28 | |
The Assassins (Assassin #1 and Assassin #2) | 2 | 28¤ | |
19 | Dick Steinborn | 1 | 23¤ |
20 | Sam Steamboat and Ron Etchison | 1 | 21 |
21 | Jose Lothario and Wahoo McDaniel | 2 | 19¤ |
22 | Fred Blassie and Tarzan Tyler | 1 | 15 |
Hiro Matsuda and Dick Steinborn | 1 | 15 | |
24 | Jose Lothario and Sam Steamboat | 1 | 14 |
25 | Eddie Graham and Bob Orton | 2 | 13¤ |
26 | Chris and John Tolos | 1 | 12 |
27 | Eddie Graham and Jose Lothario | 1 | 9 |
28 | Don Curtis and Joe Scarpa | 1 | 1¤ |
Symbol | Meaning |
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¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
Rank | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Kurt Von Brauner | 6 | 540¤ |
Karl Von Brauner | 6 | 540¤ | |
3 | Eddie Graham | 7 | 311¤ |
4 | Sam Steamboat | 5 | 270 |
5 | Frankie Cain | 4 | 159 |
Rocky Smith | 4 | 159 | |
7 | Hiro Matsuda | 5 | 152¤ |
8 | Duke Keomuka | 4 | 137¤ |
9 | Rocket Monroe | 2 | 84 |
Sputnik Monroe | 2 | 84 | |
11 | Kurt Von Stroheim | 2 | 81 |
Skull Von Stroheim | 2 | 81 | |
13 | Don Curtis | 4 | 80¤ |
14 | Al Costello | 1 | 63 |
Roy Heffernan | 1 | 63 | |
16 | Steinborn | 3 | 61¤ |
17 | Rip Hawk | 1 | 60 |
Swede Hanson | 1 | 60 | |
19 | Paul DeMarco | 2 | 56 |
Terry Garvin | 1 | 56 | |
Lorenzo Parente | 2 | 56 | |
Ron Garvin | 1 | 56 | |
Medic #1 | 1 | 56 | |
Medic #2 | 1 | 56 | |
25 | Ike Eakins | 1 | 54 |
25 | Tarzan Tyler | 2 | 52 |
25 | Boris Malenko | 1 | 44 |
Russian Crusher | 1 | 44 | |
27 | Brute Bernard | 2 | 43¤ |
Skull Murphy | 2 | 43¤ | |
29 | Jose Lothario | 4 | 42¤ |
Mark Lewin | 2 | 42¤ | |
31 | Tony Baillargeon | 1 | 40 |
Maurice Lapoine | 1 | 40 | |
33 | Abe Jacobs | 1 | 37 |
Tim Tyler | 1 | 37 | |
Alberto|Torres | 1 | 37¤ | |
Ramón Torres | 1 | 37¤ | |
37 | Assassin #1 | 2 | 28¤ |
Assassin #2 | 2 | 28¤ | |
39 | Ron Etchison | 1 | 21 |
40 | Wahoo McDaniel | 2 | 19¤ |
41 | Fred Blassie | 1 | 15 |
42 | Bob Orton | 2 | 13¤ |
43 | Chris Tolos | 1 | 12 |
John Tolos | 1 | 12 | |
45 | Joe Scarpa | 1 | 1¤ |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Ike Eakins and Eddie Graham | W | ||||||||
The Mighty Yankees | [13] | Ike Eakins and Eddie Graham | |||||||
The Von Brauners | The Von Brauners | [13] | |||||||
Bye | [13] |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
The Von Brauners | W | ||||||||
The Masked Assassins | [14] | The Masked Assassins | W | ||||||
Don Curtis and Georgia Boy Smith | Don Curtis and Georgia Boy Smith | [14] | |||||||
Bye | [14] |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Boris Malenko and the Russian Crusher | W | ||||||||
The Kenutuckians | [15] | Boris Malenko and the Russian Crusher | W | ||||||
Lenny Montana and Mike Paidousis | W | Lenny Montana and Mike Paidousis | [15] | ||||||
The Assassins | [15] |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Yukon Eric and Don Curtis | W | ||||||||
The Fabulous Kangaroos | [16] | Yukon Eric and Don Curtis | [16] | ||||||
The Von Brauners | The Von Brauners | W | |||||||
Bye | [16] |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
The Assassins | |||||||||||
Bye | [17] | The Assassins | |||||||||
Bye | [17] | ||||||||||
[17] | The Assassins | [17] | |||||||||
Boris Malenko and Killer Karl Kox | Draw | Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka | W | ||||||||
The Kentuckians | [17] | Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka | |||||||||
Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomuka | W | Bye | [17] | ||||||||
Eddie Graham and Dick Steinborn | [17] |
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The Alabama version of the NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship existed from 1971 until 1977. It was defended primarily in Alabama under the banner of NWA Tri-State Wrestling, and at times in Tennessee for NWA Mid-America. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen team "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
The NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Tri-States Wrestling. The original version was created in 1954, however, it was phased out in favor of the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
The Mid-America version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s NWA Mid-America territory from 1962 until 1976. The title was intended solely for tag teams in tag team matches, not individuals, and was the secondary tag team championship in NWA Mid-America, with the Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship being the primary championship. The promotion also had a third tag team championship at its peak, a testament to the popularity of tag team wrestling in the territory, as they promoted the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship as well. The championship was established around March 6, 1962, when Yoshinosato and Taro Sakuro were named champions upon arrival by NWA Mid-America instead of holding a tournament to establish the championship. With a number of NWA territories active at the time this version of the United States Tag Team Championship was one of at least six championships that shared the same name under the NWA's supervision. The team of Dennis Condrey and Phil Hickerson, also known as "The Bicentennial Kings", held the championship the most times, five in total including the last reign when the titles were abandoned in 1976. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
The Amarillo version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was the main tag team professional wrestling championship for the Amarillo, Texas-based Western States Sports promotion, a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Promoters Doc Sarpolis and Dory Funk introduced the championship in 1955 and continued to use it as their main tag team championship until 1969. The NWA Board of Directors dictated that there would be only one NWA World Heavyweight Champion but allowed any NWA member, also known as a NWA territory, to create its own local version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. In 1957 no less than 13 different versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship were promoted across the United States.[Championships] This even included another version in East Texas, which was used mainly in Houston and Fort Worth at the time.